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{{Infobox Story | |image = 4.2 Beautiful Things.jpg | ||
|range = Jago & Litefoot | |||
|image= 4.2 Beautiful Things.jpg | |series in range = Jago & Litefoot: Series Four | ||
|series=[[Jago | |series number in range = 4 | ||
|number= 4.2 | |number in series = 2 | ||
|main character =[[Henry Gordon Jago]] | |series = ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' | ||
|featuring = | |number = 4.2 | ||
|enemy = [[Warren Gadd]] | |main character = [[Henry Gordon Jago|Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Litefoot]], [[Leela]] | ||
|setting =[[London]], | |featuring = Ellie Higson | ||
|writer = | |featuring2 = Percival Quick | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |featuring3 = Oscar Wilde | ||
| | |featuring4 = Claudius Dark | ||
|publisher= Big Finish Productions | |enemy = [[Warren Gadd]], [[Kempston]], [[Hardwick]] | ||
|release date= | |setting = [[London]], [[1890s]] | ||
|format= 1 CD | |writer = John Dorney | ||
|production code= BFPJLCD04 | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84435-562-4 | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|prev= Jago in Love (audio story) | |sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|next= The Lonely Clock (audio story)}} | |cover = [[Alex Mallinson]] | ||
'''''Beautiful Things''''' is the fourteenth [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama in the ''[[Jago | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|anthology = Jago & Litefoot: Series Four | |||
|release date = March 2012 | |||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories | |||
|production code = BFPJLCD04 | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-562-4 | |||
|prev = Jago in Love (audio story) | |||
|next = The Lonely Clock (audio story) | |||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
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'''''Beautiful Things''''' is the fourteenth [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama in the ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' series and the second episode of [[Jago & Litefoot: Series Four|series 4]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Jago, Leela and Ellie take a trip to the theatre to see [[Oscar Wilde | Jago, Leela and Ellie take a trip to the theatre to see [[Oscar Wilde]]'s new play and discover something sinister during the interval. Meanwhile, bodies are turning up at Litefoot's lab, while Wilde meets his biggest fan... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Ellie Higson]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | * [[Ellie Higson]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
* [[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]] - [[Conrad Asquith]] | * [[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]] - [[Conrad Asquith]] | ||
* [[Oscar Wilde]] - [[Alan Cox]] | * [[Oscar Wilde]] - [[Alan Cox]] | ||
* [[Warren Gadd]] - [[John Sackville]] | * [[Warren Gadd]] - [[John Sackville]] | ||
* [[Kempston|Mr Kempston]] - [[Christopher Beeny]] | * [[Kempston|Mr Kempston]] - [[Christopher Beeny]] | ||
* [[Hardwick|Mr Hardwick]] - [[Mike Grady]] | * [[Hardwick|Mr Hardwick]] - [[Mike Grady]] | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* | * Jago mistakes ''[[Widowers' Houses]]'' for one of Wilde's plays. As Wilde informs him, it was actually written by his fellow Irish playwright [[George Bernard Shaw]]. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* Although the overall series is not given a date more specific than the [[1890s]] until the audio story ''[[The Final Act (audio story)|The Final Act]]'', Oscar Wilde's play ''[[A Woman of No Importance]]'' premiered on 19 April 1893, whereas [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''Widowers' Houses'' premiered on 9 December 1892 in real life. However, Litefoot, referring to "the love that dares not speak its name," quotes the poem ''Two Loves'' by [[Alfred Douglas|Lord Alfred Douglas]], which was originally published in 1894. | |||
* ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' by Oscar Wilde previously played an important role in the audio story ''[[Echoes of Grey (audio story)|Echoes of Grey]]'', which was likewise written by [[John Dorney]]. | |||
* Although the overall series is not given a date more specific than the [[1890s]] until | |||
* ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' by Oscar Wilde previously played an important role in | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Litefoot's house is still being repaired. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'', | * Litefoot's house is still being repaired. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'', ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]'') | ||
* Jago and Leela discuss the former's brief relationship with [[Abigail Woburn]] during their trip to [[Brighton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]'') Leela tells him that she knows how it feels to lose [[Andred|someone]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Insurgency (audio story)|Insurgency]]'') | * Jago and Leela discuss the former's brief relationship with [[Abigail Woburn]] during their trip to [[Brighton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]'') Leela tells him that she knows how it feels to lose [[Andred|someone]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Insurgency (audio story)|Insurgency]]'') | ||
* Per [[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]]'s instructions, Leela suggested that she, Jago and Litefoot have a holiday in [[Brighton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]'') | * Per [[Sixth Doctor|Professor Claudius Dark]]'s instructions, Leela suggested that she, Jago and Litefoot have a holiday in [[Brighton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jago in Love (audio story)|Jago in Love]]'') | ||
* Litefoot has previously met Wilde. Following the appearance of metal spheres from the future in [[1890s]] [[London]], the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] issued the cover story that they were a stunt by a group by Bohemian artists. When Litefoot raised the possibility that this may, in fact, be the case, [[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]] told him that the police had interviewed Wilde to that end and were confident that he had nothing to do with it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'') | * Litefoot has previously met Wilde. Following the appearance of metal spheres from the future in [[1890s]] [[London]], the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] issued the cover story that they were a stunt by a group by Bohemian artists. When Litefoot raised the possibility that this may, in fact, be the case, [[Percival Quick|Sergeant Quick]] told him that the police had interviewed Wilde to that end and were confident that he had nothing to do with it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Chronoclasm (audio story)|Chronoclasm]]'') | ||
* After watching the first half of ''A Woman of No Importance'', Leela thanks [[Xoanon]] as she initially believes that the play is over. She tells Jago and Ellie that she would have stabbed herself with a [[janis thorn]] if she had had one to hand. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') | * After watching the first half of ''A Woman of No Importance'', Leela thanks [[Xoanon]] as she initially believes that the play is over. She tells Jago and Ellie that she would have stabbed herself with a [[janis thorn]] if she had had one to hand. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') | ||
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] had previously claimed to have attended the premiere of Wilde's subsequent play ''The Importance of Being Earnest''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)|Assassin in the Limelight]]'') | * The [[Sixth Doctor]] had previously claimed to have attended the premiere of Wilde's subsequent play ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)|Assassin in the Limelight]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{Bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-four-box-set-558|Beautiful Things - Series Four Box Set}} | |||
{{BFJL}} | {{BFJL}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Jago & Litefoot: Series Four audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:49, 6 March 2024
Beautiful Things is the fourteenth Big Finish Productions audio drama in the Jago & Litefoot series and the second episode of series 4.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Jago, Leela and Ellie take a trip to the theatre to see Oscar Wilde's new play and discover something sinister during the interval. Meanwhile, bodies are turning up at Litefoot's lab, while Wilde meets his biggest fan...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
- George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Ellie Higson - Lisa Bowerman
- Sergeant Quick - Conrad Asquith
- Oscar Wilde - Alan Cox
- Warren Gadd - John Sackville
- Mr Kempston - Christopher Beeny
- Mr Hardwick - Mike Grady
- Professor Claudius Dark - Colin Baker
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jago mistakes Widowers' Houses for one of Wilde's plays. As Wilde informs him, it was actually written by his fellow Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Although the overall series is not given a date more specific than the 1890s until the audio story The Final Act, Oscar Wilde's play A Woman of No Importance premiered on 19 April 1893, whereas George Bernard Shaw's play Widowers' Houses premiered on 9 December 1892 in real life. However, Litefoot, referring to "the love that dares not speak its name," quotes the poem Two Loves by Lord Alfred Douglas, which was originally published in 1894.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde previously played an important role in the audio story Echoes of Grey, which was likewise written by John Dorney.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Litefoot's house is still being repaired. (AUDIO: Chronoclasm, Jago in Love)
- Jago and Leela discuss the former's brief relationship with Abigail Woburn during their trip to Brighton. (AUDIO: Jago in Love) Leela tells him that she knows how it feels to lose someone. (AUDIO: Insurgency)
- Per Professor Claudius Dark's instructions, Leela suggested that she, Jago and Litefoot have a holiday in Brighton. (AUDIO: Jago in Love)
- Litefoot has previously met Wilde. Following the appearance of metal spheres from the future in 1890s London, the Metropolitan Police Service issued the cover story that they were a stunt by a group by Bohemian artists. When Litefoot raised the possibility that this may, in fact, be the case, Sergeant Quick told him that the police had interviewed Wilde to that end and were confident that he had nothing to do with it. (AUDIO: Chronoclasm)
- After watching the first half of A Woman of No Importance, Leela thanks Xoanon as she initially believes that the play is over. She tells Jago and Ellie that she would have stabbed herself with a janis thorn if she had had one to hand. (TV: The Face of Evil)
- The Sixth Doctor had previously claimed to have attended the premiere of Wilde's subsequent play The Importance of Being Earnest. (AUDIO: Assassin in the Limelight)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Beautiful Things - Series Four Box Set page at bigfinish.com
